One person, one sword, I have guarded the lonely city for 70 years

Chapter 61
Hearing the persuasion of all the generals, Zhang Xianke was very helpless.

If Song Yun was really in his hands, he might have to hesitate for a while whether to hand it over or not.

But Song Yun here is just a counterfeit, and the real person has never been heard from, and it is unknown whether he was killed or ran away secretly.

Say it now, believe it or not, it is impossible for the other side to just retreat like this.

"Hmph, stop arguing!" Zhang Xianke snorted, "Since you don't want to go out to fight, then let's guard the pass and at least show the strength of our Shuofang army, otherwise they won't give up if they get Song Yun."

Outside the pass, Pingsha Hou saw that he had not received a reply, and immediately commanded his subordinates to launch an attack.

Jing Jun came prepared, and even brought a large number of siege equipment, catapults, siege vehicles, hook ropes, ladders...

Under the cover of large shields, the well-trained Jing soldiers rushed to the bottom of the city not long after, began to climb the city, and fought fiercely with the Shuofang army at the top of the city.

There are many martial arts masters in Jing's army, who shoot iron arrows with strong bows, aiming at the officers at the top of the city to kill.

Occasionally, a huge boulder was thrown from the catapult and landed on the top of the city with precision, causing many casualties.

Although the siege Jing army suffered more casualties, the morale of the two sides was obviously different. After fighting for a long time, the Shuofang army was much flustered.

At this time, many dead bodies at the top of the city suddenly "lived" and turned around to attack their comrades, causing serious chaos.

These dead bodies showed evil smiles, and they said sadly: "Hand over Song Yun, and spare your lives in the whole city!"

"Hmph, you dare to play with Taoism on the battlefield, break it for me!" Zhang Xianke arrived in time, shouted sharply, and the dead bodies immediately fell down.

Before he breathed a sigh of relief, the lieutenant beside him changed his face and smiled slyly.

"Zhang Xianke, hand over Song Yun, or I will slaughter the city!"

Feeling an attack coming from the flank, Zhang Xianke instinctively pushed back with his palm.

But the deputy general pushed his heart forward on purpose, his heart was shattered by the palm, and he died on the spot.

"Xiao Zhao!" Zhang Xianke was so angry that his eyes were tearing apart, "This Ping Shahou is actually in the realm of possession, and can forcibly attach to a living person, damn it! Everyone joins hands to use the howling formation to disperse the enemy's spirit!"

All the soldiers immediately yelled to kill in unison, letting the bloody aura burst out quickly, and Ping Shahou's spirit left.

However, after such a stir, the momentum of defending the city weakened, and Jing soldiers began to successfully climb to the top of the city.

The brutal melee combat unfolded, and the Shuofang army's casualty rate rose rapidly.

Zhang Xianke was entangled by two masters, and it was difficult for him to go to help.

Soon, Pingshahou's gloomy voice resounded from all over the city.

"Hand over Song Yun, or kill all of you!"

"Hand over Song Yun..."

No one can lock the position of Pingshahou, because anyone can "become" Pingshahou.

This dealt a huge blow to the morale of the Shuofang army. Many soldiers lost their will to fight in panic, turned and fled, and were beheaded by the warlord.

"Death to those who retreat!"

Strict military orders can't restore the decline, and more and more Jing soldiers are on the top of the city.

While fighting fiercely, several generals of Shuofang shouted in the direction of Zhang Xianke: "My lord, let's hand over Song Yun!"

"My lord, if this continues, the border will be lost!"

Pingshahou's sharp laughter came from a distance, "That's right, hand over Song Yun, remain neutral, and you can all live!"

Zhang Xianke smiled bitterly, and could only say: "Forget it, I'm afraid you won't believe me when I say it, but actually..."

Halfway through the speech, Ping Shahou's voice suddenly sounded, and the originally proud tone turned into annoyed——

"Zhang Xianke, are you fucking playing me?"

Before Zhang Xianke could react, the Jing Jun masters at the top of the city jumped away one after another, giving up the good situation that they had finally won.

The weaker Jing soldiers could not retreat, so they could only stay at the top of the city and stare blankly, and then they were surrounded and killed one by one.

The soldiers of Shuofang were at a loss, and after slowly killing Jing soldiers, they gathered at the top of the city and looked into the distance suspiciously.

The tens of thousands of enemy troops who had come aggressively, put away their siege equipment at this moment, and retreated directly!
Zhang Xianke's eyes widened, puzzled.

If we fought for a while longer, the border would not be able to hold at all, and he should be the one who retreated.

Jing Jun, what happened?
He thought over and over in his mind what Ping Shahou said just now.

"Strange, when did I play him?"

Looking left and right, the soldiers around me were also dumbfounded, feeling inexplicably won...

On Longyou Road, under the leadership of Sikong Cuo, the main force of the Jing army was like a broken bamboo. They took down two consecutive cities in half a month, and the third city was almost unable to hold on.

The Shence Army sent by the imperial court to support them encountered a mutiny halfway and did not arrive for a long time.

The Longyou garrison had a total of 9 to [-] people, and less than half of them could compete with the main force of the Jing army. They could only be suppressed and beaten, with heavy casualties and low morale.

Fearing that the envoy of Longyou Jiedu would surrender, King Tang Yu issued several decrees in succession to add officials to ranks, and even his mother and wife were granted the title of imperial wife.

The middle and high-level generals have also been promoted.

Even so, Longyou's defeat will happen sooner or later.

People from all over the country have long fled with their families and their mouths. Almost all those who could run away, and the rest stayed at home to die.

Desperation spread in everyone's hearts, and some generals were already planning to join the enemy.

However, in such a one-sided situation, Jing Jun suddenly stopped the offensive and gave up the third city that was almost eaten into his stomach.

The black flags flew away in the wind.

Jing Jun fully shrank, returned to the two cities he had previously occupied, and stayed behind closed doors.

"what's the situation?"

From the pawns on the front line to the Longyou Jiedu envoy, no one knew why Jing Jun withdrew.

While rejoicing, everyone was trembling with fear, for fear that this was Jing Jun's trick, deliberately tricking them, and suddenly killing them again.

The battle in Longyou is attracting the attention of the whole world. After receiving the battle report, all countries, including the court of the Tang Kingdom, are at a loss as to what Jing Guo's plan is.

Steady and steady, step by step?No need.

With the virtue of the Tang State, if they stormed for a few more months, the city of Chang'an might fall.

"Go and investigate, there may be something wrong inside Jing Jun, we must find out what happened!"

Teams of military scouts and spies from various countries were dispatched, frantically looking for information in the northwest area.

There is no abnormality in Longyou, and there is no abnormality in Jingguo.

Soon some people set their sights on Anxi, an isolated city deep in the desert.

The last time Jing Jun failed to return, it was in Anxi.

Did something happen there this time?
But the Beiting Army has been destroyed, Song Yun has fled to Shuofang, and Anxi has been taken over by Jing Army long ago, so what else could go wrong?
"Let's take a look around first. Anxi can't get in. It's okay to observe in the desert."

However, the northwest desert seems to have become a black hole.

The scouts and spies from all walks of life touched it, and were killed by Jing Jun one after another, without even seeing Anxi's shadow.

But when Jing Jun made such a move, the others immediately realized that something must have happened over there!

Monarchs and ministers from all over the world talked about what happened in Anxi, which once again became a question of curiosity to the whole world.

Nowadays, no one can detect Anxi's movements. Tens of thousands of soldiers have gathered in the northwest desert.

Everyone can only keep guessing, the coach died suddenly, the plague broke out, internal strife...

Just when countless people were thinking hard and guessing, Zhang Xianke vaguely had a bold idea.

Not sure, he hurried back to Xia Ning, the county town on Shuofang Road, and summoned Gao Hanqing who had been hiding in the backyard in his mansion.

Gao Hanqing has been very nervous recently, because she has cut off contact with the outside world, and she doesn't know the progress of the war, nor does she know whether Song Yun is dead or alive.

After hearing Zhang Xianke's description, he breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile:
"Did something happen to Jing Jun in Anxi? No need to guess, it must be Brother Song."

Zhang Xianke was still a little suspicious, "There are a lot of strong men in Jing's army, and Song Yun is only in the heavenly realm. How could there be such a big commotion, even forcing Jing Guo to suspend the attack plan?"

Gao Hanqing thought of Song Yun's series of miraculous behaviors: he could conjure things out of thin air in his hands, and he could automatically know when someone entered the city...

"Brother Song has many means, and his strength is far stronger than Mr. Zhang thought. Maybe he assassinated Jing Jun's coach."

"However, we have to go to Anxi to find out what the situation is. Brother Song is probably still in the city. He is now surrounded by Jing Jun. Master Zhang, can you help?"

Zhang Xianke frowned and said, "Anxi...is now a forbidden place, no one can get close to it."

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